Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub at UCL Awarded £10m to Widen Accessibility of Assistive Technology
July 25, 2018
The Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub-UCL has been awarded £10m from the Department for International Development to widen access to assistive technology for disabled people around the world. Read More
Source: UCL News
Reprogrammable Braille Could Shrink Books to a Few Pages
July 24, 2018
Braille displays are accessible but not portable. Harvard researchers have now crafted reprogrammable braille that could eliminate the need for unique pages without the bulk of a display. Read More
Source: Yahoo
Global Summit Shines a Spotlight on People with Disabilities
July 24, 2018
The Kenyan government and the International Disability Alliance hosts the first Global Disability Summit to ensure people with disabilities are included in both policy making and society as a whole. Read More
Source: The Telegraph
The App Changing the Dating Scene for Persons with Disabilities in India
July 20, 2018
Inclov, an app is seeking to give people with disabilities in India more opportunities to socialise. Standing for inclusive love read more about this Indian dating and social app. Read More
Source: BBC
W3C's Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group Publishes First Public Working Drafts of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.2
July 19, 2018
W3C's Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) Working Group published the First Working Drafts of WAI-ARIA 1.2 that requires new ARIA features to be supported with accessibility API mappings. Read More
Source: W3C
United States: Starbucks to Open First U.S. Signing Store
July 19, 2018
Starbucks will open its first Signing Store in Washington, D.C., USA in an effort to promote an accessible retail experience for all customers and offer employment for persons with disabilities. Read More
Source: Starbucks
Xbox's Tara Voelker: Still 'A Long Way to Go' in Making Games Truly Accessible
July 18, 2018
With the Adaptive Controller Xbox has made accessibility for games on the platform easier.The company's gaming and accessibility community lead talks about why this is a turning point in the industry. Read More
Source: Game Daily
4 Areas Where AI Makes the World More Accessible
July 17, 2018
AI technology such as voice interaction, image recognition and real-time captioning is starting to break down barriers for people with sensory, physical and cognitive disabilities. Read More
Source: Charity Digital News
Tech4Good 2018 Awardees Seek to Enhance Accessibility
July 17, 2018
Apps that allow deaf people to call 999 and blind people to find volunteers to ‘be their eyes’, are two winners of the 2018 Tech4Good awards Read More
Source: The Guardian
United Kingdom: The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 to Come Into Force on 23 Sept 2018
July 16, 2018
New regulations to make public sector websites and apps accessible to everyone for users with disabilities was laid have been laid before the UK Parliament.The regulations implement a new EU Directive Read More
Source: UK Parliament
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